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Until the first world war there was no income tax in the US. Yet they still had a society and earned money. Edit because I'm not allowed to reply anymore to be
by DominikR 10y ago
Until the first world war there was no income tax in the US. Yet they still had a society and earned money.
Edit because I'm not allowed to reply anymore to below comment: I once lived in a Communist country. Never again. I'd rater die.
- akiselev 10y agoI'm assuming you've never lived in a country without a vast social safety net, extensive national highway network, department of education, or a well funded TVA/EPA/FDA/FTC/FCC/FAA/NIH/NSF/etc? Trust me, "society" was very different before the federal government had vast amounts of money to fund everything we take for granted today as "government waste."